Description
Achcar argues that the Arab Spring was but the beginning of a long-term revolutionary process - a perspective confirmed by a second wave of uprisings in 2019 - and outlines the requirements for a solution to the crisis; this new edition features a preface drawing a balance sheet of the upheaval's first decade.
'The people want' - thus began the slogans chanted by millions of protesters in 2011 in what was dubbed the 'Arab Spring'. While the protests revealed a long-suppressed craving for democracy, they also laid bare a deep structural crisis.
In this landmark work, Middle East analyst Gilbert Achcar examines the socio-economic roots and political dynamics of the regional upheaval. He assesses the peculiarities of the region's states and regimes, and sheds light on the movements that use Islam as a political banner.
Author: Gilbert Achcar
Publisher: Saqi Books
Published: 09/06/2022
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.30w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9780863564772
ISBN10: 0863564771
BISAC Categories:
- History | Middle East | General
- History | World | General
- Business & Economics | Economic History